The Meeting
Authors Note: This is the first chapter(cut into many parts) of the sequel
to Why Heero Makes His Own Bed. Please do not read this if you have not read
Why Heero Makes His Own Bed. This starts out slow, but gets funny (Trust ME)
It has a few VERY subtle 3x4 hints, but nothing happens YET. If you do not like
Relena, too bad, this story will not bash her. (Maybe in the future, a different
story) The next part will contain a character death. Don't worry, just the bad
guy. Too bad, you don't know who that is! Bwuhahahahahahahahah! (Sorry, too
much sugar) Read this, and when you DO review, PLEASE give me some hints of
what you wanna see in the next chapter. (Please as in Heero will kill you if you
don't. Heero, you tell 'em.
Heero: Omae o Korosu *pulls out gun*
Author: That's good Heero, now back in the cage.
The Meeting
Part 1
Into the Red
Relena sighed and slowly stood up. It had been a long day. She looked up
as her secretary came in to tell her that she was leaving. "Before you go, Marge,
could you give me Duo Maxwell's number?" Relena needed to contact him to find
out the location of their meeting to improve her personal security. It had
been three months since Pagan had tried to capture and kill her and all her
closest friends. She shuddered at the thought. The security meeting had been
postponed due to the Treize/Une war. The war had started soon after Pagan's
attack, and rumor had it that Dorothy Catalonia had played a major role in
causing the war. According to Relena's sources, Dorothy had started an argument
between them over who had a stronger second personality. War was declared,
and both sides broke out their hidden mobile suits. The Gundam pilots refused
to take sides, although Heero was considering it before Relena called and threatened take
away his laptop. The conflict had ended when Treize declared that he could not go
hold it in anymore; Treize's Epyon side was madly in love with Lady Une. Two
days later, a treaty and a marriage license were signed. Relena hated to think
of what would happen if they ever got divorced. Pushing away the thought, and
thankful that the security meeting was soon, she got Duo on videophone.
"Hiya, 'lena!" he shouted brightly. "I haven't seen Heero since the
attack, if that's what you want." He gave her a broad grin and a wink.
Reddening slightly, she cut straight to the purpose of her call. "When and
where is the security meeting? I haven't had time to find out, and I need to
make sure that day is free."
"I got it covered. I sweet talked your secretary and she got the day off
for you. And you really gotta pay more attention, 'cause the meeting is tommorow."
He laughed at Relena's surprised expression.
"Where? What time? Is everyone going to be there?"
Duo laughed again. "Tommorow. Nine am. Hilde and I will pick you up.
And by everyone, I assume you mean Heero. I got that covered too. He still believes
that his mission is to protect him. And besides, he has his other motivation."
Duo smiled and added, "you."
"Has he said anything to you?" she asked, trying not to sound too
hopeful.
"Well, uh no, but, he, uh, still wants to protect you." Relena knew
Duo was really trying to help. She needed one more peice of information.
"Where is it? Don't even try to surprise me. I remember what happened
last time you tried that." She smiled as she recalled her suprise birthday party
that Duo threw for her. At a male strip club.
"You're not gonna like this, but it's going to be at one of your mansions.
The one where Pagan attacked us." Before she could protest, Duo continued on.
"We need to see what went wrong. We have to figure out how to protect you better.
You know how close you were to Pagan. We have to make sure no one so dangerous
gets that close again." Relena was surprised to see Duo so serious. She thanked
him for the info, and hung up. Sighing, she began to shuffle papers again.
Part 2
The Start of a Horrible Day
Relena checked her watch again. 9:15. The only thing she could trust Duo for
was his sense of humor and his fighting skill. Other than that, he was completely
irresponsible. With a smile, she wondered how Hilde put up with him. They were
still living and working together at the scrapyard. Relena often wished her life
would be so simple. But then she realized that she would be bored silly. What
would she do, without getting herself into danger all the time, only to be rescued
by a mysterious, dark haired pilot? Her thoughts were interuppted when a car honked
outside. 'Thank God' she thought, stepping out the door. She had taken just two steps
when she felt something against her head. "Don't move, and you won't have
your brains scattered across the lawn," a muffled voice said. "I don't want to have to hurt you.
Get into the car." She was roughly shoved towards the black van, and was not
able to see her abductor. All she caught was a glimpse of blonde hair.
Relena was not President without good reason. She knew exactly what to do.
Expertly ducking, she killed her assailants feet out from under them, and ran.
She turned the corner, screaming for help. Just then, Duo and Hilde screeched their
black firebird to a halt when they saw her. She jumped in, and quickly explained
to them what had happened. They took off, trying to pursue the criminal.
But when they turned the corner and searched the street, there was no sign of
anyone.
Part 3
Johnny Appleseed
Relena was thankful for the fact that she was still alive. Duo was a
driving maniac! He drove well above the speed limit, had driven trough at least
3 stoplights, and had cut off a half dozen people. Relena held onto her seat
for dear life, while Hilde( not wearing a seat belt) laughed and urged him to go
faster. On shaky legs, she walked up to the steps of the house, and just for good
measure, peeked through the basement window to make sure it was empty. Once she
was certain it was, she unlocked the door and let them all inside. Everything
was as she had left it. Letting Duo and Hilde prepare themselves for the meeting,
Relena went into the backyard. The blown up shed had been replaced, and now a
few flowers were growing around it. Suddenly, she noticed something was out of
place. A lone apple tree was growing at the top left corner of the yard. She
walked over to it. It had been planted very recently, and next to it was a
small envelope. Picking it up, she saw that it was addressed to her, and was
dated that day. Frowning, she opened it up. Inside was a letter, composed of
letters and words cut from magazines. 'Typical terrorism' thought Relena as
she read the message, and realized it wasn't typical terrorism at all. It read:
You thought you were rid of me. You weren't. Like this tree,
the seeds of my evil have borne fruit. Fruit in the form of
someone close to you. How close? We almost had you this morning.
A message should have gotten through to you, from what I did
before. Trust no one. And watch your back.
BECAUSE I'M COMING. AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME IF YOU DON'T
KNOW WHO IS LURKING BEHIND YOU. IN THE SHADOWS. ALWAYS.
Relena slowly put the letter into her pocket. This was terrible news. She had
no idea who she could trust now. The letter could mean a lot of things. But in
her heart, Relena understood. Pagan was back, and he wasn't alone.
Part 4
This Is Supposed to be a Meeting
Relena walked slowly back into the front room, letter in pocket. She
saw Duo and Hilde staring at her. Feeling slightly paranoid, she wondered what they
were staring at. Duo couldn't control himself. He let out a squeal and started
laughing insanely. Hilde soon followed. "What?" cried Relena. "What is so funny?"
Duo tried to speak, but no sound would come out of his mouth. His face was
beet red, and he could hardly breathe. Finally, he settled down enough to whisper.
Relena bent down to hear him.
"Guess you should have fenced in your yard." Relena thought he was
talking about the tree, then realized he was pointing at her shoe. She looked down.
"UGH! Damn dogs!" and she ran to clean it up, leaving the other two to
roll about on the floor, laughing histerically and clutching their sides. "Will
you two calm down?" she screamed. "This is supposed to be a serious meeting.
A MEETING!" She ran into the bathroom.
Part 5
Who Ya Gonna Call?
When Relena was done cleaning off her shoes, she went back downstairs.
Hilde and Duo had the television on, and ghostbusters was playing. Both sat
staring at the screen, completely oblivious to the knocking at the door. Relena
remembered that she had no one to answer it for her, and went to answer her.
It was Sally Po, who greeted Relena with huge hug. She saw Wufei standing behind
her, obviously irritated, as always. "Onna! There is no need for hugging. That
is for the weak!" His yelling slowly turned into whining. "You never hug me!"
Sally just laughed and hugged him too. Embarrassed, he looked in and saw Duo
laughing at slimers antics.
"What's the matter, Wufei?" asked Sally. "Are the ghostbusters weak?"
Ignoring her, Wufei surprisingly burst into song, right along with Duo and Hilde,
as the Ghostbusters theme song blared.
"Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!" Relena sighed, and wished that her
problem was only ghosts. Maybe then it would be easier to deal with.
Part 6
Sister-In-Law?
While Relena tried to calm the others down, Sally went to answer the next
knock at the door. Zechs stepped into the room, closely followed by Noin. They
saw Relena talking to others, and smiled. They were whispering something to Sally
when Relena came over to greet them.
"Just let us tell her," whispered Zechs.
"She'll be so surprised!" Sally whispered, just loud enough for Relena
to overhear.
"Surprised about what?" she asked, suspicion in her voice. Sally quietly
went to sit down while they told her the news.
"I just got married," Zechs said. Though this was good news, he was as
serious as ever.
Relena's jaw dropped. "To who?" She obviously didn't get the picture.
"Hi, little sis!" Noin practically shrieked the words, she was so happy.
Relena squeezed Noin tightly, and started jumping up and down. They immediately
started talking about the wedding.
"I want to know everything. The dress, flowers, cake, everything!"
Zechs escaped to the couch, and began an argument over who was the best
Ghostbuster.
Part 7
Why Me?!
The next ones to arrive for the meeting were Treize and Lady Une.
Relena had been trying to convince everyone to turn off the T.V., but they
insisted that they could not start the meeting until everyone was there.
Lady Une was acting a lot calmer than before, behavior which was probably
caused by her recent marriage. Her and Noin began discussing their weddings.
Treize was much worse. He took off one perfectly white glove and smacked
Wufei across the face. He insisted that they finish the fight that had began over
a year ago. Treize had not been destroyed, so the fight should go on. Wufei
had no choice but to accept the challenge. With a cry of outrage, Wufei pulled
out his sword. 'Should have checked him for weapons' thought Relena. The two
began to fight, just as Duo entered the room with ice cream. 'Where did he get
that?' thought Relena, but she could not continue the thought because chaos erupted.
Wufei's jab missed, and he sliced off one of Duo's braids. Duo dropped the ice
cream, which landed with a sickening plop on the hardwood floor, and shrieked.
"Why ME? WWWHHHYYY!!!!" He ran into another room. Trieze took a step forward and
slid on the ice cream, all the way into the couch. His sword flipped into the air,
and landed point down into the top of the television. There was a POP and then
it went out. Relena unplugged it, before a fire started. While she was bent over,
Lady Une, grinning wildly, kicked a big glop of ice cream right onto Relena's
backside. Zechs and Noin were having an ice cream fight. Relena didn't notice her
that she'd been hit, and sat down on the couch. Then she noticed. Her mouth went
into a big O. She stood up in outrage, stopped herself fron screaming when
she saw who was at the door. She had to be at the meeting, but was nonetheless
unwanted. And she still had those eyebrows. 'Dorothy Catalonia' thought Relena.
'Duo was wrong. Why ME?'
Part 8
Fatality
Relena went into the kitchen to get something cold to drink. She left
Dorothy with Treize, discussing war tactics. She found Duo there, making a little
man out of a hotdog. It had ketchup eyes and bun wings. He also made it a
scythe out of a cinnamon stick and a pickle. "It's alive!" he cried in his
best mad scientist voice. He also gave an evil psychotic laugh that he
learned from Heero. "Fly, little shinigami!" Relena stood in the doorway,
horrified at what she was seeing. This kid ate WAY too much sugar. Hilde
called Duo into the other room, and he reluctantly set little Shinigami down
on the counter top. Meanwhile, there was another knock at the door. Relena let
Trowa into the house, and asked him if he'd seen Quatre.
"Why does everyone always think I keep track of him? I don't live with
him. He is not my koi, and we're not best friends. How should I know?"
"Do you know where he is?"
"He'll be here in a few minutes, he just wanted to organize his notes."
Trowa said this angrily, a little embarrassed, and he went into the kitchen.
Relena smiled. Everyone was beginning to settle down. Trowa came back into
the living room, and Relena tried to start the meeting. However, she could not
start, because no one wanted to start without everyone there. She got them to
watch a movie, and Duo went to get them some drinks. Relena changed from her
ice cream stained clothes, and then settled on the couch. All of a sudden, a
loud yell came from the kitchen.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
Most of them crowded into the room to see what had happened. Duo stood weeping by
the counter, staring at something. Relena stepped forward and saw the cause of
Duo's outburst. On the counter, where Little Shinigami used to be, there existed
only a few bun crumbs and a drop of ketchup. They all stood in shock, silently
staring. Relena turned when she heard the front door open, and voices in the front
room. She overheard Quatre, who was asking Trowa a question.
"Are you hungry? I brought some Poky. I know you like it."
"No thanks. I just had this really good hotdog. Looked a little funny,
but it had a little bit of cinnamon flavor." Duo stared at Trowa, gasping when
he realized what the words meant.
"YOU WILL PAY. YOU WILL DIE!" He grabbed the nearest kitchen knife.
'Should've put those away' thought Relena. Duo raised the knife and glared at
Trowa like he was the next ritual sacrifice. With a scream of outrage, he
began chasing Trowa.
"Come back here! Shinigami will destroy you! DIE!"
"Cut it out! I didn't know! I was HUNGRY!"
Quatre followed them. "Leave him alone! It wasn't his fault! Violence
is not the answer! NOT HIS FACE!"
Part 9
The Meeting Starts
Once the knife was wrestled away from Duo, and apologies were said, mostly
by Quatre, who, in defending Trowa, had given Duo a black eye (!) everyone was once
again seated in the front room. Relena was determined to start the meeting.
It had been two hours since she arrived.. She was certain that the last guest
wasn't coming.
"Alright, listen up. We are starting this meeting, NOW. I don't
care if we are all not present."
"Is that so?" Dorothy was dead set on embarrassing Relena.
Stiffening, Relena would not give Dorothy the dignity of having that
question answered. Instead, she asked them to present their ideas on keeping
her safe, one by one. She still didn't tell anyone about the tree or the letter.
She just didn't know who to trust. She had only one person she could be
completely honest with, but he wasn't there.
Zechs decided to go first. Standing up, he smoothed back his long white hair.
This action was followed by a stiff poke in the butt, which he received from
his new wife. "This is not a fashion show. Just get talking!" she hissed at
him. Zechs stood in front of the group, and smiled. This plan would show them
all how he, Zechs Marquise, was a military genius. No one would ever laugh at
him again, especially that Yuy. He almost wished that Yuy was there, so they
could start their rivalry again. Clearing his throat Gotta protect that yummy
voice he began to speak.
"Mobile suits. We need enough of them to surround your residence. They
can be like Tallgeese, only not as good. And trained assasins. I can lead them.
If anyone gets too close, then Slice, throat slit ear to ear. Or maybe I
could cut the head clean off! There's also various ways off dismemberment.
A mobile suit battle will show them who's boss. I'd take Tallgeese, and then
BANGBANGBANGBANGABANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG
No more killers in the night! No more Yuy! No more anyone! Wuhahahahahahahah!"
No one spoke, or even knew what to say. Personally, Duo thought it was a pretty
good plan. Lots of destruction for the God of Death! Relena decided not to outright
tell her brother that his plan was crazy, irrational, and completely out of
the question.
"Uh, Zechs, um, we'll think really hard about that one." She smiled,
and everyone else sweatdropped. "Who's next?"
Duo stepped forward. There's no need for us to help. Heero is always there,
whether you see him or not. Actually, a little fighting would be nice. Me
and Deathsythe have been anxious to do some serious damage! Unlike Hilde, who
doesn't want me to fight, and to settle down with her and the scrapyard. Well,
thinking about it, I guess we should just leave you and Heero alone, you know."
He winked. "After all, Hilde does want me to stay at home more, and I'm
sure you're just waiting to get Heero alone, hee hee, and-" Both Hilde and Relena
tackled Duo at the same time, before he could do any more damage. Relena was
beginning to think this meeting wasn't such a good idea. Sighing, she waited for the next
to speak.
Trowa stepped forward. "....." he began. Feeling a tap on his shoulder,
he turned around to see Quatre holding out his Dot-to-English translator.
He must have left it on the couch. It didn't really matter to Quatre, who could
understand Dot very well, but the others were clueless. Trowa thanked him and
continued. "As I said, there is a simple solution. You will do as I have done.
I did not have an identity, so I took someone else's. You are the President,
so you can be anyone you want. Even her." He pointed toward Dorothy, and
Relena cringed at the thought.
"Trowa, as nice as that idea was, I don't think we need to be so drastic.
I like being who I am."
Trowa realized how silly the idea had been. "I'm sorry," he said.
"Sometimes I get carried away. Oh no! Because I thought about my past, now I'm
scared, and I'm cold." He curled up in fetal position on the couch. Quatre
comforted him while Treize explained his ideas.
"Get married," he stated simply. "It will end all your troubles, and
you will feel happier. Your destructive side won't want to fight anymore. Alkso,
your new husband will protect you, like I protect Lady Une." Treize's smile
faded when he saw Lady Une stand up, her face turning red.
"How dare you? You protect me? I don't think so! I can protect myself!"
She lifted her hand to slap him, and he grabbed her arm. All out once, they started
kissing.
"Uh, I don't think we need to see that," said Relena, shoving aside the
couple. "Anyway, all your ideas are wonderful, but I don't think-" She was cut off
when Wufei cried out.
"Injustice! I didn't get to speak! These weaklings have taken too
much time! I could not stop them. I am weak and unworthy of protecting you! NATAKU!"
Sally tried to calm him down while Relena thought of what to say next. Then she realized
something.
"Hey, why are you guys talking about your Gundams? They were destroyed, right?"
She looked at them, silently praying that this was true.
"Well," answered Quatre, trying unsuccessfully to look honest, "We just
can't get used to the fact that they're gone." He smiled nervously.
"They're still around, aren't they? Why? You know they just cause more
trouble." Relena was upset that she hadn't noticed before.
Before Quatre could reply, a deep voice said, "You know why. We might need
them in the future. And who said you could start without me?" Relena spun
around and found herself face to face with Heero Yuy.
Part 10
Revelations
TO BE CONTINUED
Watcha think? Who is after Relena? What will Heero say? Will Dorothy ever fix
those eyebrows? Is Quatre in love with Trowa? Am I ever gonna shut up? These
questions and more answered in the next chapter of: The Meeting. Coming Soon!
Authors Note: This is the first chapter(cut into many parts) of the sequel
to Why Heero Makes His Own Bed. Please do not read this if you have not read
Why Heero Makes His Own Bed. This starts out slow, but gets funny (Trust ME)
It has a few VERY subtle 3x4 hints, but nothing happens YET. If you do not like
Relena, too bad, this story will not bash her. (Maybe in the future, a different
story) The next part will contain a character death. Don't worry, just the bad
guy. Too bad, you don't know who that is! Bwuhahahahahahahahah! (Sorry, too
much sugar) Read this, and when you DO review, PLEASE give me some hints of
what you wanna see in the next chapter. (Please as in Heero will kill you if you
don't. Heero, you tell 'em.
Heero: Omae o Korosu *pulls out gun*
Author: That's good Heero, now back in the cage.
The Meeting
Part 1
Into the Red
Relena sighed and slowly stood up. It had been a long day. She looked up
as her secretary came in to tell her that she was leaving. "Before you go, Marge,
could you give me Duo Maxwell's number?" Relena needed to contact him to find
out the location of their meeting to improve her personal security. It had
been three months since Pagan had tried to capture and kill her and all her
closest friends. She shuddered at the thought. The security meeting had been
postponed due to the Treize/Une war. The war had started soon after Pagan's
attack, and rumor had it that Dorothy Catalonia had played a major role in
causing the war. According to Relena's sources, Dorothy had started an argument
between them over who had a stronger second personality. War was declared,
and both sides broke out their hidden mobile suits. The Gundam pilots refused
to take sides, although Heero was considering it before Relena called and threatened take
away his laptop. The conflict had ended when Treize declared that he could not go
hold it in anymore; Treize's Epyon side was madly in love with Lady Une. Two
days later, a treaty and a marriage license were signed. Relena hated to think
of what would happen if they ever got divorced. Pushing away the thought, and
thankful that the security meeting was soon, she got Duo on videophone.
"Hiya, 'lena!" he shouted brightly. "I haven't seen Heero since the
attack, if that's what you want." He gave her a broad grin and a wink.
Reddening slightly, she cut straight to the purpose of her call. "When and
where is the security meeting? I haven't had time to find out, and I need to
make sure that day is free."
"I got it covered. I sweet talked your secretary and she got the day off
for you. And you really gotta pay more attention, 'cause the meeting is tommorow."
He laughed at Relena's surprised expression.
"Where? What time? Is everyone going to be there?"
Duo laughed again. "Tommorow. Nine am. Hilde and I will pick you up.
And by everyone, I assume you mean Heero. I got that covered too. He still believes
that his mission is to protect him. And besides, he has his other motivation."
Duo smiled and added, "you."
"Has he said anything to you?" she asked, trying not to sound too
hopeful.
"Well, uh no, but, he, uh, still wants to protect you." Relena knew
Duo was really trying to help. She needed one more peice of information.
"Where is it? Don't even try to surprise me. I remember what happened
last time you tried that." She smiled as she recalled her suprise birthday party
that Duo threw for her. At a male strip club.
"You're not gonna like this, but it's going to be at one of your mansions.
The one where Pagan attacked us." Before she could protest, Duo continued on.
"We need to see what went wrong. We have to figure out how to protect you better.
You know how close you were to Pagan. We have to make sure no one so dangerous
gets that close again." Relena was surprised to see Duo so serious. She thanked
him for the info, and hung up. Sighing, she began to shuffle papers again.
Part 2
The Start of a Horrible Day
Relena checked her watch again. 9:15. The only thing she could trust Duo for
was his sense of humor and his fighting skill. Other than that, he was completely
irresponsible. With a smile, she wondered how Hilde put up with him. They were
still living and working together at the scrapyard. Relena often wished her life
would be so simple. But then she realized that she would be bored silly. What
would she do, without getting herself into danger all the time, only to be rescued
by a mysterious, dark haired pilot? Her thoughts were interuppted when a car honked
outside. 'Thank God' she thought, stepping out the door. She had taken just two steps
when she felt something against her head. "Don't move, and you won't have
your brains scattered across the lawn," a muffled voice said. "I don't want to have to hurt you.
Get into the car." She was roughly shoved towards the black van, and was not
able to see her abductor. All she caught was a glimpse of blonde hair.
Relena was not President without good reason. She knew exactly what to do.
Expertly ducking, she killed her assailants feet out from under them, and ran.
She turned the corner, screaming for help. Just then, Duo and Hilde screeched their
black firebird to a halt when they saw her. She jumped in, and quickly explained
to them what had happened. They took off, trying to pursue the criminal.
But when they turned the corner and searched the street, there was no sign of
anyone.
Part 3
Johnny Appleseed
Relena was thankful for the fact that she was still alive. Duo was a
driving maniac! He drove well above the speed limit, had driven trough at least
3 stoplights, and had cut off a half dozen people. Relena held onto her seat
for dear life, while Hilde( not wearing a seat belt) laughed and urged him to go
faster. On shaky legs, she walked up to the steps of the house, and just for good
measure, peeked through the basement window to make sure it was empty. Once she
was certain it was, she unlocked the door and let them all inside. Everything
was as she had left it. Letting Duo and Hilde prepare themselves for the meeting,
Relena went into the backyard. The blown up shed had been replaced, and now a
few flowers were growing around it. Suddenly, she noticed something was out of
place. A lone apple tree was growing at the top left corner of the yard. She
walked over to it. It had been planted very recently, and next to it was a
small envelope. Picking it up, she saw that it was addressed to her, and was
dated that day. Frowning, she opened it up. Inside was a letter, composed of
letters and words cut from magazines. 'Typical terrorism' thought Relena as
she read the message, and realized it wasn't typical terrorism at all. It read:
You thought you were rid of me. You weren't. Like this tree,
the seeds of my evil have borne fruit. Fruit in the form of
someone close to you. How close? We almost had you this morning.
A message should have gotten through to you, from what I did
before. Trust no one. And watch your back.
BECAUSE I'M COMING. AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME IF YOU DON'T
KNOW WHO IS LURKING BEHIND YOU. IN THE SHADOWS. ALWAYS.
Relena slowly put the letter into her pocket. This was terrible news. She had
no idea who she could trust now. The letter could mean a lot of things. But in
her heart, Relena understood. Pagan was back, and he wasn't alone.
Part 4
This Is Supposed to be a Meeting
Relena walked slowly back into the front room, letter in pocket. She
saw Duo and Hilde staring at her. Feeling slightly paranoid, she wondered what they
were staring at. Duo couldn't control himself. He let out a squeal and started
laughing insanely. Hilde soon followed. "What?" cried Relena. "What is so funny?"
Duo tried to speak, but no sound would come out of his mouth. His face was
beet red, and he could hardly breathe. Finally, he settled down enough to whisper.
Relena bent down to hear him.
"Guess you should have fenced in your yard." Relena thought he was
talking about the tree, then realized he was pointing at her shoe. She looked down.
"UGH! Damn dogs!" and she ran to clean it up, leaving the other two to
roll about on the floor, laughing histerically and clutching their sides. "Will
you two calm down?" she screamed. "This is supposed to be a serious meeting.
A MEETING!" She ran into the bathroom.
Part 5
Who Ya Gonna Call?
When Relena was done cleaning off her shoes, she went back downstairs.
Hilde and Duo had the television on, and ghostbusters was playing. Both sat
staring at the screen, completely oblivious to the knocking at the door. Relena
remembered that she had no one to answer it for her, and went to answer her.
It was Sally Po, who greeted Relena with huge hug. She saw Wufei standing behind
her, obviously irritated, as always. "Onna! There is no need for hugging. That
is for the weak!" His yelling slowly turned into whining. "You never hug me!"
Sally just laughed and hugged him too. Embarrassed, he looked in and saw Duo
laughing at slimers antics.
"What's the matter, Wufei?" asked Sally. "Are the ghostbusters weak?"
Ignoring her, Wufei surprisingly burst into song, right along with Duo and Hilde,
as the Ghostbusters theme song blared.
"Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!" Relena sighed, and wished that her
problem was only ghosts. Maybe then it would be easier to deal with.
Part 6
Sister-In-Law?
While Relena tried to calm the others down, Sally went to answer the next
knock at the door. Zechs stepped into the room, closely followed by Noin. They
saw Relena talking to others, and smiled. They were whispering something to Sally
when Relena came over to greet them.
"Just let us tell her," whispered Zechs.
"She'll be so surprised!" Sally whispered, just loud enough for Relena
to overhear.
"Surprised about what?" she asked, suspicion in her voice. Sally quietly
went to sit down while they told her the news.
"I just got married," Zechs said. Though this was good news, he was as
serious as ever.
Relena's jaw dropped. "To who?" She obviously didn't get the picture.
"Hi, little sis!" Noin practically shrieked the words, she was so happy.
Relena squeezed Noin tightly, and started jumping up and down. They immediately
started talking about the wedding.
"I want to know everything. The dress, flowers, cake, everything!"
Zechs escaped to the couch, and began an argument over who was the best
Ghostbuster.
Part 7
Why Me?!
The next ones to arrive for the meeting were Treize and Lady Une.
Relena had been trying to convince everyone to turn off the T.V., but they
insisted that they could not start the meeting until everyone was there.
Lady Une was acting a lot calmer than before, behavior which was probably
caused by her recent marriage. Her and Noin began discussing their weddings.
Treize was much worse. He took off one perfectly white glove and smacked
Wufei across the face. He insisted that they finish the fight that had began over
a year ago. Treize had not been destroyed, so the fight should go on. Wufei
had no choice but to accept the challenge. With a cry of outrage, Wufei pulled
out his sword. 'Should have checked him for weapons' thought Relena. The two
began to fight, just as Duo entered the room with ice cream. 'Where did he get
that?' thought Relena, but she could not continue the thought because chaos erupted.
Wufei's jab missed, and he sliced off one of Duo's braids. Duo dropped the ice
cream, which landed with a sickening plop on the hardwood floor, and shrieked.
"Why ME? WWWHHHYYY!!!!" He ran into another room. Trieze took a step forward and
slid on the ice cream, all the way into the couch. His sword flipped into the air,
and landed point down into the top of the television. There was a POP and then
it went out. Relena unplugged it, before a fire started. While she was bent over,
Lady Une, grinning wildly, kicked a big glop of ice cream right onto Relena's
backside. Zechs and Noin were having an ice cream fight. Relena didn't notice her
that she'd been hit, and sat down on the couch. Then she noticed. Her mouth went
into a big O. She stood up in outrage, stopped herself fron screaming when
she saw who was at the door. She had to be at the meeting, but was nonetheless
unwanted. And she still had those eyebrows. 'Dorothy Catalonia' thought Relena.
'Duo was wrong. Why ME?'
Part 8
Fatality
Relena went into the kitchen to get something cold to drink. She left
Dorothy with Treize, discussing war tactics. She found Duo there, making a little
man out of a hotdog. It had ketchup eyes and bun wings. He also made it a
scythe out of a cinnamon stick and a pickle. "It's alive!" he cried in his
best mad scientist voice. He also gave an evil psychotic laugh that he
learned from Heero. "Fly, little shinigami!" Relena stood in the doorway,
horrified at what she was seeing. This kid ate WAY too much sugar. Hilde
called Duo into the other room, and he reluctantly set little Shinigami down
on the counter top. Meanwhile, there was another knock at the door. Relena let
Trowa into the house, and asked him if he'd seen Quatre.
"Why does everyone always think I keep track of him? I don't live with
him. He is not my koi, and we're not best friends. How should I know?"
"Do you know where he is?"
"He'll be here in a few minutes, he just wanted to organize his notes."
Trowa said this angrily, a little embarrassed, and he went into the kitchen.
Relena smiled. Everyone was beginning to settle down. Trowa came back into
the living room, and Relena tried to start the meeting. However, she could not
start, because no one wanted to start without everyone there. She got them to
watch a movie, and Duo went to get them some drinks. Relena changed from her
ice cream stained clothes, and then settled on the couch. All of a sudden, a
loud yell came from the kitchen.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
Most of them crowded into the room to see what had happened. Duo stood weeping by
the counter, staring at something. Relena stepped forward and saw the cause of
Duo's outburst. On the counter, where Little Shinigami used to be, there existed
only a few bun crumbs and a drop of ketchup. They all stood in shock, silently
staring. Relena turned when she heard the front door open, and voices in the front
room. She overheard Quatre, who was asking Trowa a question.
"Are you hungry? I brought some Poky. I know you like it."
"No thanks. I just had this really good hotdog. Looked a little funny,
but it had a little bit of cinnamon flavor." Duo stared at Trowa, gasping when
he realized what the words meant.
"YOU WILL PAY. YOU WILL DIE!" He grabbed the nearest kitchen knife.
'Should've put those away' thought Relena. Duo raised the knife and glared at
Trowa like he was the next ritual sacrifice. With a scream of outrage, he
began chasing Trowa.
"Come back here! Shinigami will destroy you! DIE!"
"Cut it out! I didn't know! I was HUNGRY!"
Quatre followed them. "Leave him alone! It wasn't his fault! Violence
is not the answer! NOT HIS FACE!"
Part 9
The Meeting Starts
Once the knife was wrestled away from Duo, and apologies were said, mostly
by Quatre, who, in defending Trowa, had given Duo a black eye (!) everyone was once
again seated in the front room. Relena was determined to start the meeting.
It had been two hours since she arrived.. She was certain that the last guest
wasn't coming.
"Alright, listen up. We are starting this meeting, NOW. I don't
care if we are all not present."
"Is that so?" Dorothy was dead set on embarrassing Relena.
Stiffening, Relena would not give Dorothy the dignity of having that
question answered. Instead, she asked them to present their ideas on keeping
her safe, one by one. She still didn't tell anyone about the tree or the letter.
She just didn't know who to trust. She had only one person she could be
completely honest with, but he wasn't there.
Zechs decided to go first. Standing up, he smoothed back his long white hair.
This action was followed by a stiff poke in the butt, which he received from
his new wife. "This is not a fashion show. Just get talking!" she hissed at
him. Zechs stood in front of the group, and smiled. This plan would show them
all how he, Zechs Marquise, was a military genius. No one would ever laugh at
him again, especially that Yuy. He almost wished that Yuy was there, so they
could start their rivalry again. Clearing his throat Gotta protect that yummy
voice he began to speak.
"Mobile suits. We need enough of them to surround your residence. They
can be like Tallgeese, only not as good. And trained assasins. I can lead them.
If anyone gets too close, then Slice, throat slit ear to ear. Or maybe I
could cut the head clean off! There's also various ways off dismemberment.
A mobile suit battle will show them who's boss. I'd take Tallgeese, and then
BANGBANGBANGBANGABANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG
No more killers in the night! No more Yuy! No more anyone! Wuhahahahahahahah!"
No one spoke, or even knew what to say. Personally, Duo thought it was a pretty
good plan. Lots of destruction for the God of Death! Relena decided not to outright
tell her brother that his plan was crazy, irrational, and completely out of
the question.
"Uh, Zechs, um, we'll think really hard about that one." She smiled,
and everyone else sweatdropped. "Who's next?"
Duo stepped forward. There's no need for us to help. Heero is always there,
whether you see him or not. Actually, a little fighting would be nice. Me
and Deathsythe have been anxious to do some serious damage! Unlike Hilde, who
doesn't want me to fight, and to settle down with her and the scrapyard. Well,
thinking about it, I guess we should just leave you and Heero alone, you know."
He winked. "After all, Hilde does want me to stay at home more, and I'm
sure you're just waiting to get Heero alone, hee hee, and-" Both Hilde and Relena
tackled Duo at the same time, before he could do any more damage. Relena was
beginning to think this meeting wasn't such a good idea. Sighing, she waited for the next
to speak.
Trowa stepped forward. "....." he began. Feeling a tap on his shoulder,
he turned around to see Quatre holding out his Dot-to-English translator.
He must have left it on the couch. It didn't really matter to Quatre, who could
understand Dot very well, but the others were clueless. Trowa thanked him and
continued. "As I said, there is a simple solution. You will do as I have done.
I did not have an identity, so I took someone else's. You are the President,
so you can be anyone you want. Even her." He pointed toward Dorothy, and
Relena cringed at the thought.
"Trowa, as nice as that idea was, I don't think we need to be so drastic.
I like being who I am."
Trowa realized how silly the idea had been. "I'm sorry," he said.
"Sometimes I get carried away. Oh no! Because I thought about my past, now I'm
scared, and I'm cold." He curled up in fetal position on the couch. Quatre
comforted him while Treize explained his ideas.
"Get married," he stated simply. "It will end all your troubles, and
you will feel happier. Your destructive side won't want to fight anymore. Alkso,
your new husband will protect you, like I protect Lady Une." Treize's smile
faded when he saw Lady Une stand up, her face turning red.
"How dare you? You protect me? I don't think so! I can protect myself!"
She lifted her hand to slap him, and he grabbed her arm. All out once, they started
kissing.
"Uh, I don't think we need to see that," said Relena, shoving aside the
couple. "Anyway, all your ideas are wonderful, but I don't think-" She was cut off
when Wufei cried out.
"Injustice! I didn't get to speak! These weaklings have taken too
much time! I could not stop them. I am weak and unworthy of protecting you! NATAKU!"
Sally tried to calm him down while Relena thought of what to say next. Then she realized
something.
"Hey, why are you guys talking about your Gundams? They were destroyed, right?"
She looked at them, silently praying that this was true.
"Well," answered Quatre, trying unsuccessfully to look honest, "We just
can't get used to the fact that they're gone." He smiled nervously.
"They're still around, aren't they? Why? You know they just cause more
trouble." Relena was upset that she hadn't noticed before.
Before Quatre could reply, a deep voice said, "You know why. We might need
them in the future. And who said you could start without me?" Relena spun
around and found herself face to face with Heero Yuy.
Part 10
Revelations
TO BE CONTINUED
Watcha think? Who is after Relena? What will Heero say? Will Dorothy ever fix
those eyebrows? Is Quatre in love with Trowa? Am I ever gonna shut up? These
questions and more answered in the next chapter of: The Meeting. Coming Soon!